Fishiest person you ever knew...

[TnRiver46]

I would probably have to go with my dear friend Albert. He’s my buddy’s grandpa, their entire family took me under their wing when I was about 13 years old. Not only do they teach youngsters a lot about fishing, but the life lessons always come out during long hours on the boat or at fish camp. You’d be hard pressed to find a better group of individuals than this family, they all grew up dirt poor and have tons of information and stories to pass on

[TOXIC]

Every person I have ever fished with has taught me something.  My grandfather planted the seed whether we were fishing creeks, ponds, lakes and rivers in rural Iowa or in Canada catching pike, musky and walleye, he started me down that path.  He passed away too early from leukemia when I was 13.  Since then, I have fished with hundreds and hundreds of people whether it was Elite series anglers or clients in the guide service.  I’d like to think I helped a lot of others plant that same seed.  

[soflabasser]

Throughout the years I have fished with some very talented fishermen that have no need of hiring a guide. They have an amazing ability to catch fish in places most people complain is not good. I learned a lot of them which has helped me become good enough that I also have no need to hire a guide for bass fishing. With that said there are some very fishy people that I would never fish with even if they paid me.

[CrankFate]

22 hours ago, TnRiver46 said:

You need some better friends! 

They been telling me that my whole life. At this point, I don’t have any friends, so it’s all good. I really don’t know anyone that I ever fished with more than 4 or 5 times, aside from my father and the people I stayed with every summer as a kid and also my wife when we were teenagers. I don’t think I fished more than 4 or 5 times with my brother after we were about 13 or 14 years old. If I think about it, aside from my father, I have fished more times with my father in law, who isn’t even into fishing, than anyone else I ever knew (probably 12-15 times).

[Mike L]

31 minutes ago, CrankFate said:

They been telling me that my whole life. At this point, I don’t have any friends, so it’s all good. I really don’t know anyone that I ever fished with more than 4 or 5 times, aside from my father and the people I stayed with every summer as a kid and also my wife when we were teenagers. I don’t think I fished more than 4 or 5 times with my brother after we were about 13 or 14 years old. If I think about it, aside from my father, I have fished more times with my father in law, who isn’t even into fishing, than anyone else I ever knew (probably 12-15 times).

 

If you ever make it SW Florida, give me a call. I’ll fish ya
 

 

 

 

Mike

[WRB]

When I think “fishy” it’s the intuitive feeling fish are there. Knowing fish are there using sonar, hearing, visual cues is different the”feeling” the fish are there.

Aaron has this skill and will move locations on gut feeling better then anyone I knew. Gustavo would be cooking lunch, run out of the saloon and shout alto fish! we would sitting on the flying bridge and Gustavo would point “fish” and we say where? he would point here! Gustavo right most of the time without any landmarks. 

Fishy anglers have learned to trust the gut.

Tom

 

[ironbjorn]

My friend's dad Ted is one hell of a big bass angler.

 

 

[Catt]

Aiden Bayou Boy Savant 

 

Has taught me there's some seriously good youngsters coming up!

 

 

[Ratherbfishing]

When I was in the Air Force I was friends with a fella who routinely (i.e., EVERY time) caught more and larger fish than me.  Which isn't saying much but I was astounded when, for instance, there'd be two of us (one on each side) with almost identical gear, bait, etc. and he in the middle would catch two really BIG catfish while we'd get skunked.  It happened regularly and it was uncanny.

[CrankFate]

On 7/2/2021 at 9:40 PM, Mike L said:

 

If you ever make it SW Florida, give me a call. I’ll fish ya
 

 

 

 

Mike

I tried for Florida this summer, my wife said no. Because I picked where we went last time.

[Bankbeater]

My dad hands down. Where I was raised fishing was something that was done when the family went camping for the week.  The rest of the time it was all about ball sports.  Since my dad was raised in the country we went fishing all the time.  He taught me how to fish with crankbaits.

[N Florida Mike]

My middle son fishes more than anyone I know.  He loves fishing so much that he worked on a commercial fishing boat and said he couldn’t believe he got paid to do what he loved. He was gone for 6 days at a time and would fish 12-14 hours straight, and this was mostly with an electric reel winching fish up from 150 feet + depths. He quit because he got in a fight with a drug addict first mate that stabbed him in the arm and leg with a screwdriver. Joe hurt him pretty bad in the ensuing fight . He quit to avoid further trouble…

  He is very good at any kind of fishing except surf fishing, and he’s fair at that! He’s great at bass fishing but rarely even fishes for bass. He will fish anytime day or night regardless of weather . He just moved to michigan to work ( his trade is plumbing ) He sent me a picture maybe 2 days later, and he’d already caught a bass out of lake michigan…?

 

This one wasnt the one he caught in Michigan…

[Deleted account]

Easy, bar none. RIP Capt Billy. He made or taught a lot of the chest thumping "look at me" Montauk guys everyone hears about. Now it's the creepy guy that stares at me when I'm shaving...

 

https://www.easthamptonstar.com/obituaries/2021617/william-urvalek

[Alex from GA]

I've fished with several really good bass fisherman over the years, including several pros, but the person I mostly fish with now is by far the best.  And he's 35 years younger than me.

[LrgmouthShad]

My neighbor. Used to fish BASS, has fished with Randy Blaukert and Lonnie Stanley, knew many others. He’s a wealth of knowledge. On A-Jay’s progression of a basshead, he would be in stages 4 and 5. Loves to share information about fishing, but also fishes his own way. Uses light spinning tackle nowadays to catch bass. He also influenced me to pick up a spinnerbait and buzzbait. Taught me modifications to buzzbaits to make them squeal. Old schooler with spinnerbaits, loved to slow roll, loved long-arm spinnerbaits. He’s awesome. Shout out to the man ?

[throttleplate]

my philippine wife. She grew up catching catfish by hand in the muddy rice fields that got flooded by neerby creek during rainy season.

She also fished with a cane pole with line attached to the end of pole and 5 feet of line and a hook and put on worm on it and let it sit. She and her familly caught fish to survive, not to hold up and take pictures of it, kiss it and let it go. They ate what they caught and sold some also.

[frogflogger]

My friend the late great Chuck Woods - invented the beetle - beetle spin - puddle jumper - etc.

Mentored many who went on to become successful in the industry - father of what is now called midwest finesse which has been refined by Ned Kehde into a very popular method.